Bills & Legislation

MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Heather CloudRepublican

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to health stop-loss insurance. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Patrick McMathRepublican

TAX/TAXATION: Authorizes an income tax credit for donations to certain public schools. (1/1/26) (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Katrina R. Jackson-AndrewsDemocrat

EXPLOSIVES: Provides relative to explosives. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Robert "Bob" OwenRepublican

DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Creates an economic development district in the city of Jeanerette

Marcus Anthony BryantDemocrat

TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Franklin J. FoilRepublican

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Criminalizes the possession or distribution of kratom. (8/1/25)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

John C. "Jay" MorrisRepublican

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for health insurance coverage for retired employees of district attorneys' offices. (8/1/25)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Allows for credit for out-of-state full-time law enforcement service. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV)

Edward J. PriceDemocrat

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig)

Larry Selders

STATE AGENCIES: Provides for the gathering of data relative to the legal status of individuals receiving state services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Blake MiguezRepublican

WORKFORCE COMMISSION: Provides relative to payment of employees after termination of employment. (8/1/25)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

INSURERS: Requires health insurers to cover proton therapy for cancer patients. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Thomas A. PresslyRepublican

MOTOR VEHICLES: Provide for penalties for certain traffic offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Jay LuneauDemocrat

NOTARIES: Provides for reciprocal notarial authority of notaries qualified in St. Martin Parish and St. Landry Parish. (8/1/25)

Caleb KleinpeterRepublican

CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Provides for revisions to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (EN +$97,000 GF EX See Note)

Mark Wright

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for revisions to the Code of Governmental Ethics

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Adds the U.S. Space Force to various statutory definitions of U.S. Armed Forces

Alonzo L. KnoxDemocrat

LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES: Makes appropriations for the expenses of the legislature for Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Jack McFarlandRepublican

TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)

Christopher TurnerRepublican

TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Authorizes the Port of New Orleans to utilize public private partnerships for the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor roadway project (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Mark Wright

WATERWAYS/OBSTRUCTIONS: Provides for the removal and salvage of abandoned vessels in waterways (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Jessica DomangueRepublican

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides for the termination of manufacturer vehicle tracking services in certain cases of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Mike JohnsonRepublican

APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Jack McFarlandRepublican

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Provides relative to first responders

Jason Brian DeWittRepublican

ENERGY: Establishes public safety and accountability procedures for carbon dioxide sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

R. Dewith CarrierRepublican

TAX CREDITS: Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Matthew Willard

TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Neil RiserRepublican

COMMERCE: Provides relative to preventing restaurant reservation fraud

Troy Jude HebertRepublican

TAX/LOCAL: Provides relative to the authority of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District to levy certain taxes

Chance Keith HenryRepublican

MEDICAID: Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund for Addiction Recovery (EN INCREASE RV See Note)

Christopher TurnerRepublican

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Authorizes commissioned officers of the Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry to purchase their service weapon upon retirement

Robby CarterDemocrat

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides relative to membership in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Brian Leonard GloriosoRepublican

DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the members of a board of commissioners of an East Feliciana Parish gas utility district

Roy Daryl AdamsDemocrat

SEAFOOD: Provides for seafood safety and testing (EN +$240,608 SD EX See Note)

Timothy P. KernerRepublican

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health

Dustin MillerDemocrat

BANKS/BANKING: Provides relative to disclosure of financial records

Polly ThomasRepublican

PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescription of certain debts

Jason Brian DeWittRepublican

MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Reduces the fee applicable to updating a driver's license to comply with REAL ID standards to a handling fee (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Michael Robert Bayham Jr.Republican

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Increases candidate qualifying fees and dedicates the monies to the Campaign Sign Recycling Fund (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

DISTRICTS/AIRPORT: Creates Claiborne Parish Airport District No. 31

Rashid Armand YoungDemocrat

INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS: Provides relative to qualifications for participation in the Employee Insurance Fund for the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Troy D. Romero

BUILDING CODES: Provides relative to permits for construction (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Foy Bryan GadberryRepublican

HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to fees charged by the Louisiana Department of Health in parish health units

Adrian FisherDemocrat

TAX/SALES & USE: Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IVRepublican

WORKFORCE COMMISSION: Transfers certain family and support programs from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Louisiana Workforce Commission and renames Louisiana Workforce Commission to Louisiana Works (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Stephanie H. BeraultRepublican